Temperature Pill for football players?

[bigorangevol]

Saw a segment from Fox News talking about a pill that football players were taking that they could monitor the body temp. in their stomach to prevent heat stroke during practice. Basically it was a small themomitor that would be swallowed and they could read internal body temps. They said players were pulled if the stomach temp reached 102 degrees. They said NFL and about 20 college teams were using them. Does anybody know if we are using this type of technology ? The person they were interviewing was a coach from the Big East.

 

[Freak]

Saw a segment from Fox News talking about a pill that football players were taking that they could monitor the body temp. in their stomach to prevent heat stroke during practice. Basically it was a small themomitor that would be swallowed and they could read internal body temps. They said players were pulled if the stomach temp reached 102 degrees. They said NFL and about 20 college teams were using them. Does anybody know if we are using this type of technology ? The person they were interviewing was a coach from the Big East.

that is interesting. I have never heard of it.

 

[USAF_Vol]

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2006-06-12-nebraska-heat-pill_x.htm

That is pretty neat.

 

[Volsguy12]

neat

 

[VOLracerx]

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2006-06-12-nebraska-heat-pill_x.htm

That is pretty neat.

Good thing they took that in NE...you know all that heat and humidity they have up there!!

 

[LetMeStay]

sounds like it could be very effective.

 

[therealUT]

Good thing they took that in NE...you know all that heat and humidity they have up there!!

The midwest is one of the hottest regions in the country during the summer months. This comment, along with McCoy 5LB presumption concerning private school athletes, makes me question whether or not people actually think prior to posting...

 

[VOLracerx]

Well from my experience in the summer in the midwest it is not nearly as hot as the southeast...so i am pretty sure that I thought about that before posting.

 

[VolinArizona]

Well from my experience in the summer in the midwest it is not nearly as hot as the southeast...so i am pretty sure that I thought about that before posting.

Today's projected highs:

Lincoln, NE - 90 degrees
Knoxville, TN - 89 degrees

Humidities are close to the same. You were saying?

 

[OWB]

Ooh, and argument about weather, I'll get my popcorn...

Global Warming..

 

[utchatt]

Saw a segment from Fox News talking about a pill that football players were taking that they could monitor the body temp. in their stomach to prevent heat stroke during practice. Basically it was a small themomitor that would be swallowed and they could read internal body temps. They said players were pulled if the stomach temp reached 102 degrees. They said NFL and about 20 college teams were using them. Does anybody know if we are using this type of technology ? The person they were interviewing was a coach from the Big East.

I think I read an article at the begining of summer that stated Oregon was using something that sound simillar to that- not sure if it is the same thing.

 

[emainvol]

The midwest is one of the hottest regions in the country during the summer months. This comment, along with McCoy 5LB presumption concerning private school athletes, makes me question whether or not people actually think prior to posting...

I think he meant New England.

 

[emainvol]

nevermind, i read the article. forgive me, it's early

 

[VolinArizona]

nevermind, i read the article. forgive me, it's early

:hi:

 

[OWB]

nevermind, i read the article. forgive me, it's early

I thought the same thing. New England, NorthEast...

I didn't read the article either.

 

[therealUT]

Well from my experience in the summer in the midwest it is not nearly as hot as the southeast...so i am pretty sure that I thought about that before posting.

You must not have much experience in the midwest.

Average July and August temps in the Lincoln and KC are higher than in Knoxville and Atlanta, respectively.

 

[volmanjr]

But it's a dry heat.

 

[emainvol]

You must not have much experience in the midwest.

Average July and August temps in the Lincoln and KC are higher than in Knoxville and Atlanta, respectively.

and have you ever been to St Louis in the summer?

 

[therealUT]

But it's a dry heat.

Dry heat my *ss!

 

[utchatt]

and have you ever been to St Louis in the summer?

Yes I went to a Cards game in July and it was 98 at 8:00 pm. It was miserable, good think Mr. Budweiser helped me through the night.

 

[emainvol]

i hate that town anyway, you add in the sports franchises, the heat, and Nelly, and St Louis is worthless

 

[VOLracerx]

You must not have much experience in the midwest.

Average July and August temps in the Lincoln and KC are higher than in Knoxville and Atlanta, respectively.

i work outside sales in that region; visit there quite often and I fell that compared to Memphis that it is a much more suppresive heat than in the upper midwest.

BTW - for those that need a geography lesson...while Knoxille is in the south east it does not make up the entire south east.

 

[VolinArizona]

But it's a dry heat.

I think you're being sarcastic.

But in case you aren't, the humidities are very very similiar in the MW and SE.

 

[volmanjr]

Dry heat my *ss!

Sorry forgot the sarcasm buttom, so chill.:thumbsup:

 

[therealUT]

i hate that town anyway, you add in the sports franchises, the heat, and Nelly, and St Louis is worthless

The Cardinals, Anheuser-Busch, Miles Davis, and the second largest Mardi Gras celebration in the Nation...worthless.